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Man hit with Merseyrail fine despite paying for ticket
The man was given a £20 fine during his first trip to Liverpool
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despite buying the ticket via Trainline, costing him £7.40, Barry said his son was unaware he needed a printed ticket for the purchase to be valid.
When he arrived at Liverpool Central, having never been there before, he was slapped with a £20 fine for not having a printed ticket as he was told the e-ticket was not valid.
Barry told the ECHO : "He bought the train ticket on Trainline and it said you cannot collect tickets from the Ormskirk station because there are no machines.
"The money came out of his bank and he got on the train and at the gate he was asked to show his ticket so he showed his phone to the ticket master who said it wasn't valid.
Whilst the receipt is technically not valid, it is pathetic that he was fined £20.
Most young people like to buy tickets on their phones these days but Merseyrail is stuck in the past.
The irony of all this is that he could have bought a Day Saver for £5.55 and not the Anytime fare he purchased through the Trainline.
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